10 posts tagged “old photos”
Not my Mum's finest photographic moment...
I've been doing some more sorting of old stuff from Mum's and I came across this photo tucked into one of her books:
I've no idea who they were, or when the picture was from. Another bit of mystery from the past.
One of the strange things about going through my parents stuff is finding pictures like this. It's a baby, but I have no idea who it is, or whose child it is. It's not Mark or I, I'm sure of that, but the identity of the kid will probably always remains a mystery.
A little snapshop of a moments in my parents past that will never be available to me.
Weird, weird feeling.
Another one from Mum's old slides: Dad & Dusky on the beach in the summer of '66:
Makes me laugh out loud every time I see it, and I have no idea why.
I've been putting the scanner through its paces again, this time scanning some film I shot on the beach in Suffolk around October 1998. Here's Mum & Dad, enjoying the, uh, "bracing" conditions:
And I do love the quality of light, and the almost painterly placement of people, in this one:
This is my great great grandparents on holiday in Margate. Well, that or my great great great grandparents. My grandma's notes are hard to decipher sometimes.
I've been playing with the scanner again…
Another recovery scan - and this one has proved to be rather more tricky to get the colour right. Dad, Mark and Mum are standing in what I think is the courtyard of Castle Campbell in Dollar, where I grew up.
I've no idea who the random kid on the left is. However, he adds a slightly creepy touch to the image and, with the square composition and the large empty space above (not to mention the slightly odd colours), this looks a bit like an LP cover.
Which is cool.
Here's another one from the same set:
I've no idea who the random kid on the left is. However, he adds a slightly creepy touch to the image and, with the square composition and the large empty space above (not to mention the slightly odd colours), this looks a bit like an LP cover.
Which is cool.
Here's another one from the same set:
I've been having fun with the scanner again.
This is one of the oldest photos I've ever taken. My models are my great auntie Joan and great uncle Jim, and my brother Mark. I'd guess that this was taken around 1978 or 1979, and is in a Scottish historic building of some sort. I wonder if Mum will remember where.
This is the best the picture has ever looked. The film was left in the camera for waaaay too long, and was badly colour-shifted when it was developed.
Now, through the wonders of modern technology, and a little work, it looks somewhat like it should have looked in the first place.
This is one of the oldest photos I've ever taken. My models are my great auntie Joan and great uncle Jim, and my brother Mark. I'd guess that this was taken around 1978 or 1979, and is in a Scottish historic building of some sort. I wonder if Mum will remember where.
This is the best the picture has ever looked. The film was left in the camera for waaaay too long, and was badly colour-shifted when it was developed.
Now, through the wonders of modern technology, and a little work, it looks somewhat like it should have looked in the first place.
Here's an even earlier pic: my Dad (far right) with his National Service buddies serving in Suez…
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